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Please explain to me what Donald Trump means when he talks about the 'age of computer'

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Read the best stories we published this year

December 21, 2016

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Mistakes Were Made

Visit the Kansas farm that accidentally became the digital center of the U.S.

November 21, 2016

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Insecurity State

Facebook recommended that this psychiatrist's patients friend each other

August 29, 2016

A gift from one of the house's many random visitors

Tech Mysteries

Kansas couple who live in a 'digital hell' sue mapping company MaxMind

August 10, 2016

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The Offworld Colonies

UFOs, rogue space stations, nuclear weapons. Things are getting crazy in space.

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Tech

Facebook says it did 'a test' last year using people's locations to make friend suggestions

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Tech

Facebook changes story, now says phone location not used to recommend friends

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Finance

Why Craig Wright so desperately wanted to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto

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Lab Rats

One of the rings of Saturn is broken

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Lab Rats

Giant nightmare planet could be host to equally giant nightmare life

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Lab Rats

What that study about cell phones causing cancer in rats really proves

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Insecurity State

The imperfect surveillance state

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Tech Mysteries

Did Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak win a free magazine subscription for completing a crossword?

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The New New Economy

These people know the minute you get their emails. It's creepy, but brilliant.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBUARY 12: This undated microscopic photo shows cloned human embryos used to generate stem cells during an experiment in Seoul. South Korean researchers said they had cloned a human embryo February 12, 2004 and extracted embryonic stem cells from it. (Photo by Seoul National University/Getty Images)

Tech Mysteries

Scientists just doubled the lifespan of human embryos raised in petri dishes. Prepare for an epic ethics battle.

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Insecurity State

Craig Wright fails to prove he's Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, leaving many conspiracies in his wake

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Insecurity State

Why skeptics still aren't convinced Craig Wright is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto

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The New New Economy

How does Beyoncé keep her secrets in the age of transparency?

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Tech Mysteries

How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 20: A customer tries out the new Apple iPhone 5C smartphone at the Berlin Apple Store on the first day of sales on September 20, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The new iPhone 5S and 5C phones went on sale all over the world today and hundreds of customers waited outside the Berlin store in the rain to be among the first to buy the new phones starting at 8am. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Insecurity State

The FBI says it might be able to hack the San Bernardino iPhone without Apple's help

MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 22: Chris Poole of 4chan speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 22, 2012 in Munich, Germany. DLD (Digital - Life - Design) is a global conference network on innovation, digital, science and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for crossover conversation and inspiration. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

The New New Economy

Chris Poole, 4chan's founder, is going to work for Google

BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK - DECEMBER 05: A Palestinian labourer works under a large wall painting by elusive British graffiti artist Banksy December 5, 2007 on a building wall in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The Bristol-born artist has adorned Israel's West Bank separation barrier and Bethlehem walls with new images, including one of a dove wearing a flak jacket and a soldier being frisked by a young girl. His works, along with those of other international artists, are part of an exhibition called Santa's Ghetto. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Tech Mysteries

These researchers tracked Banksy like a serial killer to reveal his identity

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Insecurity State

How Mark Twain's ghost almost set off the copyright battle of the century

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Insecurity State

Why lost phones keep pointing at this Atlanta couple's home

February 04, 2016

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Tech Mysteries

These California parents only let their kids play with old technology

In a coastal house south of San Francisco, Kirin, 8, is happily clacking away on her typewriter. She is working on the dialogue for a script that she and her younger sister, Kaori, 6, will later act out. Kaori, meanwhile, is looking for her 1980s Gremlins vinyl record, so she can play it on her …

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Insecurity State

Why do people keep coming to this couple's home looking for lost phones?

January 21, 2016

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Tech Mysteries

At home with a revenge porn mogul

January 12, 2016

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Machines of Loving Grace

The 3 craziest internet theories about Star Wars

January 10, 2016

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Tech Mysteries

7 unanswered questions about the lightsabers in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'

December 28, 2015

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Insecurity State

Who is the hacker that outed Craig Wright as the creator of Bitcoin? Maybe Craig Wright himself.

December 08, 2015

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Lab Rats

I mined San Francisco’s trash for art

December 02, 2015

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Tech Mysteries

The attack that broke the Dark Web—and how Tor plans to fix it

November 30, 2015

The New New Economy

NASA is developing a 'chemical laptop' to hunt for aliens

November 19, 2015

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Lab Rats

What does 'perfect sound' look like? Inside the bizarre science of concert hall design

November 09, 2015

Insecurity State

Haunted by hackers: A suburban family's digital ghost story

October 19, 2015

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Machines of Loving Grace

You won't regret doing a YouTube search for 'hoverdancing'

October 05, 2015

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Lab Rats

What it would take to drink the water on Mars

October 02, 2015

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Machines of Loving Grace

Scientists find new evidence of flowing salt water on Mars

September 28, 2015

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Tech Mysteries

10 years after his epic MySpace hack, Samy Kamkar is trying to turn hackers into heroes

August 18, 2015

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